to scatter
Definition:
σκορπίζω [in LXX for פּוּץ hi, etc;] in vernac. and in Ion, and late writers for σκεδάννυμι (see MM, xxiii; Rutherford, NPhr., 295), to scatter: ὁ λύκος, Jhn.10:12; ὁ μὴ συνάγων μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ σκορπίζει, Mat.12:30, Luk.11:23; pass, before εἰς, with accusative loc, Jhn.16:32; of one who dispenses blessings, 2Co.9:9 (LXX) (of. δια-σκορπίζομαι). (AS)
Pronounciation:
skor-pid'-zo
Definition:
to dissipate, i.e. (figuratively) put to flight, waste, be liberal; disperse abroad, scatter (abroad); apparently from the same as
g4651 (σκορπίος) (through the idea of penetrating);